This week’s Teesdale Mercury is out now. Here’s the news.
Judge considers making Barnard Castle Town Council pay out £90,000 to an ex-staff member after she was unfairly sacked.
Gainford and Staindrop have just weeks to raise £10,000 so ‘little people can take on lord of the manor’ and stop Raby Estates building 151 homes across the two villages.
Dino-mite teaching at town primary.
Victory for recycling firm at Winston after long planning row.
New forest bike trail proposed.
It took Durham County Council over a decade to create its recently launched masterplan for future business and housing developments, earmarking potential sites across the county. One site on the edge of Barnard Castle wasn’t listed for homes after officers said it was unsuitable. But last week planners agreed that up to 100 houses could be built on the field, prompting Teesdale county councillors to ask: “What’s the point of the County Durham Plan.” We have a special report on the issue.
More people stepping out for Cancer Research.
Bursary to help young people in Teesdale learn a trade.
Surge in off-roaders in Hamsterley Forest.
Utass AGM – spotlight on its work.
Historians recording village life during pandemic in Evenwood.
Two pages of letters, puzzles, farming and marts, Remember When and what’s on.